Soma Detox

Addiction of any kind can be a hard thing to overcome. There are addictions to alcohol, drugs, and prescription medications. Soma is a strong prescription medication, prescribed as a muscle relaxer. It has the potential to cause serious addiction problems. When an addiction happens with soma, a careful plan for detoxing must take place.

Soma

• Soma has properties that are similar to analgesics, which are pain relievers. Narcotic pain relievers work to disrupt the pain messages between the nerves and the brain. Although soma is a muscle relaxer, it also works in the same way. Soma is a muscle relaxant because it relieves symptoms of hypertonia; a condition of the muscles which causes them to tighten and become unable to stretch out. It relieves muscle spasms, and musculoskeletal pain.

  Soma is a medication that requires more and more of the medication over time in order to get the same effect. This is called an increase in tolerance. As your tolerance increases, your dependency can increase. This can especially happen if you disobey your prescription orders, taking more than the prescribed dose. Once dependant on soma, if a reason comes up that you cannot take the medication for a day or two because you ran out, you can suffer from depression, anxiety, and have problems feeling ill until you can get more. You also may experience aggressive behavior trying to get more soma, or find yourself going from one doctor to another trying to get a new prescription. When soma is used in high doses, it can have extreme toxic complications, and have long term effects on your body.

  Some of the most common side effects of soma are: agitation, drowsiness, fainting, insomnia, nausea and vomiting, tachycardia, vision disturbances, weakness, headache, dizziness, irritability, chills, tightness of the chest, loss of coordination and tremors.

Detox

• Getting the medication out of your system is the first step in detoxing. You must first detox from the medication and begin to live normally without the drug in your system before attempting rehabilitation. There are acute withdrawal symptoms and post acute withdrawal symptoms. Acute withdrawal symptoms happen immediately after stopping the medication and can be: nausea, abdominal cramps, headache, insomnia, chills, seizures, and problems with sleep.

  Post acute withdrawal symptoms happen because the brain is trying to "right" itself and adjust to not having a chemical affect it. These symptoms can range from cycles of craving, high stress levels, problems with memory, sleep disorders, unclear thinking, problems with coordination, and emotional disturbances such as "numbness."

  To start a detox program, you will first be evaluated to see if you qualify for an in-house detox program or an out-patient program. You will go through a complete physical and psychological evaluation including a laboratory analysis and toxicology screening. Depending on the level of your addiction, you may be prescribed medications for anxiety and sleep disturbances. Once the craving phase is over, your doctor will start a step-down phase to start eliminating all prescription drugs. Once he feels that you are no longer dependent on any medication, you may qualify for out-patient counseling.